Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña witnessed the aftermath of gang violence Wednesday night, as they rode with cops who responded to a bloody gang shooting in South L.A. The two actors, who were prepping for their roles in a new movie, watched as paramedics treated an alleged gang member, who suffered grazing bullet wounds on the lip and arm.

Wow … well, I guess when you go on a police ride along, you never know what you’re going to see. This reminds me of that episode of Friends when Ross, Joey and Chandler went on that police ride along and they thought they were being shot at but it turned out merely to be a car backfiring. Clearly this was a more serious case but, yeah, I’d say that Jake and Michael got what they needed on this ride along, wouldn’t you?